Pennsylvania News - Page 76

News Brief: Even if the grand jury investigating Mount Airy Casino Resort owner Louis DeNaples finds he lied on his slots application, the resort is still likely to open without delay.

Atlantic City is "Turning It On" in Pennsylvania with a fourth quarter marketing campaign.

News Brief: Philadelphia police will create a special casino unit for the city's two proposed riverfront projects to handle increased car and pedestrian traffic, as well as crimes.

News Brief: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board denied efforts by Split Rock Resort to intervene in the gambling license applications of two other venues.

News Brief: With 12 days to go before its planned opening, Mount Airy Casino Resort has yet to meet all the conditions the state says are necessary before the first gambler puts his money in a slot machine.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today denied motions from HSP Gaming, LP and Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners, LP for an extension of time to pay their $50 million license fee.

News Brief: Community leaders offered suggestions when asked how to spend the annual $10 million windfall Luzerne County will receive from gambling proceeds at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

News Brief: Community College of Allegheny County and the Northside Leadership Conference are sponsoring a series of free workshops starting tomorrow for aspiring casino employees.

News Brief: The Bensalem Gambling Advisory Board has asked state regulators to reject any new designs for Philadelphia Park Casino.

Casino Data Imaging reports the Eldorado Hotel Casino Reno, Mount Airy Resort & Casino, and Swinomish Northern Lights Casino have licensed CDI’s CasinoCAD© v4 business intelligence program.

News Brief: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has posted filings of the four applicants for the final two resort slots licenses on its Web site.

News Brief: Lawmakers argued at a special hearing held in Philadelphia that the Commonwealth has 'riparian rights' to more than 20 acres of land proposed for Foxwoods.

Centaur, Inc. received approval today from the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission to build and operate a mile-long harness track and gaming facility in northwest Pennsylvania.

News Brief: Philadelphia labor leader Sam Staten Sr. testified yesterday before the grand jury in Harrisburg probing whether the state's first slots licensee lied during the application process about ties to organized crime.

News Brief: Philadelphia City Council this week told Pennsylvania lawmakers they weren't welcome in its chambers, at least not to discuss the casinos.

News Brief: Casinos in Pennsylvania have put a dent in gaming revenues in New Jersey.

News Brief: With news spreading that Starwood Hotels has its four Caesars Pocono resorts up for sale, keeping them as resorts when new owners surface is important to local tourism officials.

News Brief: Casino opponents have called on the disciplinary board of the state Supreme Court to investigate whether the former head of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board violated ethics rules during the selection process for the city's two casinos.

News Brief: The City Planning Commission moved to recommend to City Council that it create a special entertainment district to accommodate and approve the Foxwoods riverfront casino in South Philadelphia.

The first shipment of slot machines arrived today at the new $412 million Mount Airy Casino Resort, which is on track to complete initial construction and open its doors in October 2007.